I agree with others .. best to discuss on the eLearning and year 7-10 mailing list. Keep it generic (talking about tablet devices) .. <div><br></div><div>I always said we would return to the simple hard caves, fishing nets, scratch on marble tablets and interpret messages in clouds. Anybody else for running along the beach with a live scribble-stick on the sand? (Apologies, my mind is turning to mush not teaching ITA, most focus on VITTA conference, must focus on VITTA conference)<div>
<div><br></div><div>Regards Roland<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 9:24 AM, Joyce Tabone <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jtabone@aitkencollege.edu.au">jtabone@aitkencollege.edu.au</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">Hi all,<br>
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I have had a request from our special education teachers to purchase Ipads as a learning aid for students with learning disabilities. Can anyone give me their views on the benefits or otherwise, of using ipads over netbooks<br>
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Thanks<br>
Joyce<br>
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